The following of Christ : translated out of Latin into Englishe, newlie corrected and amended. VVherento also is added the golden epistle of Sainct Bernarde. And nowe lastelie the rules of a Christian lyfe, made by Iohn Picus the elder earle of Mirandula.

Format Electronic
Publication Info[Rouen : G. L'Oyselet], Anno. 1585.
Description[6], 158, [10] leaves : ill
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Other author/creatorCyprian, Saint, d. 304. [Swete and devoute sermon of mortalitie of man].
Other author/creatorWhitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?
Other author/creatorElyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
Other author/creatorBernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. Epistola de perfectione vitae. English.
Other author/creatorPico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494 Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. English.
Other author/creatorThomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471 attributed name.
Uniform titleImitatio Christi. English.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteThe traditional attribution to Thomas a ̀Kempis is disputed.
General noteAn English translation, by R. Whitford, of: Imitatio Christi.
General notePlace of publication and printer's name from STC.
General noteWith woodcut title vignette.
General note"Here beginneth a godly treatise, and it is called a notable lesson, otherwise it is called the golden epistle" and "The rules of a Christian lyfe, made by John Picus the elder erle of Mirandula" have caption titles.
General note"The Pico rules" are in Sir Thomas Elyot's translation, reprinted from STC 6157: St. Cyprian. A swete and deuoute sermon of mortalitie of man, published in 1534.
General noteFormerly also STC 23960a.
General noteWhitford's translation first published ca. 1531 (STC 23961) with title: A boek newely translated out of Laten in to Englysshe, called the followynge of Cryste.
General noteReproduction of original in the Yale University. Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 23968.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1157:23)
Other title Swete and deuoute sermon of mortalitie of man.
Other title Epistola de perfectione vitae. English.
Other title Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. English.
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